Price: At IOW Festival a weekend

ticket including camping will set

you back 190, although if thats
too much, day tickets are selling
for just 75although hurry up as
theyre selling out quick!
Bestival differs from IOW Fest
in that as well as the standard
tickets they also offer the wild
Copse premium ticket option, with
spacious woodland ambience, high
end festival facilities, plus a seated
Chill-Out Bar with quality food
serving until late although if you
dont feel like blowing your student
loan on a weekend of luxury, they
also have standard weekend adult
tickets for 195 (only 180 with a
valid Student Card however.)
Headliners: Californiapunk-
funkers Red Hot Chili Peppers are
the biggest name that will grace the
famous main stage on the Saturday,
the bands only UK performance in
2014. Fellow US rock giants Kings
Of Leon will close the festival
on Sunday. Continuing the rock
theme, Biffy Clyro will be opening
the three day extravaganza on the
Friday, before fellow Scotsman
Calvin Harris takes to the stage
which IOW organizer John
Giddings says will drive the young
people crazy.
Theres something for everyone
with this years Bestival headliners.
From Hip-Hop behemoths
Outkast (playing together for
the first time in eight years) and
Busta Rhymes, to EDM brothers
Disclosure. And for a rockier crowd,
UK indie kids Foals, and American
psychedelic singer Beck. The theme
of this years festival is desert island
disco, and so who better to bring
proceedings to a close than Chic
ft. Nile Rodgers, the Sunday main
stage headliners. All together now
Ahhhh Freak Out!
Other Artists: For a more
commercial music audience Dappy,
Cher Lloyd and Neon Jungle. For
the oldies seeking nostalgia Boy
George and Samantha Fox are both
set to appear at the Big Top, as well
as Britpop legends Inspiral Carpets
and Suede. House music has had
somewhat of a revival the last few
years which is evident in the IOW
lineup; Rudimental, Gorgon City,
Clean Bandit, Duke Dumont and
Cyril Hahn are all going to make an
appearance. For the predominantly
Indie crowd, there are the 1975, the
Horrors and Swim Deep.
Pint size pop sensation Paloma
Faith will be making her second
appearance at the festival on the
Sunday night. Fans of EDM and
dubstep are also in for a treat with
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Two of Britains biggest music festivals are just a short ferry ride away
from Southampton, with the Isle of Wight festival on 12-15th June, and
Septembers Bestival. While its possible for the hard-core festival goer to
make it to both, for those who dont fancy maxing out their overdraft on
two crazy weekends, we here at South Coast Sound investigated which is
the best fest on the Island this year.
Which Fest
is best?
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Basement Jaxx, Andy C, Wilkinson,
Eats Everything and Skream
performing on the Island. Bestival
mainstays Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius
Pip are also set to feature, as well
as Grime Godfathers JME and
Skepta.
Things to do: Luckily for the IOW
fest organizers this years weekend
coincides with the 2014 World
Cup, which is sure to be a fantastic
atmosphereuntil England
disappoint us yet again! As well as
that there are wood-fired hot tubs,
Silent Disco, Intoxicated tea rooms
(cocktails!), the kids zone, and of
course trips to the islands famous
beaches.
Those looking to burn off their
beer bellies after a summer of
intoxication are in for a treat
with GMTVs Mr Motivator and
Reggaerobics providing some
energetic exercise programmes.
Refreshments at IOW fest are all
about locally produced food from
the island, with treats such as: IOW
Asparagus with Rew Valley butter,
IOW Lamb Sheek kebab wraps
with spicy Island tomato salsa,
IOW hot dog made from free-
range Island pork with friend
onions and homemade tomato
sauce, New Forest strawberries with
Calbourne Classics clotted cream,
Minghella Ice Cream, and Wight
Crystal Spring Water.
Fans of food will be spoilt for
choice at Bestival; you can try some
tasty local food & beer in living
pub in Tomorrows Worlds, or even
head down to the Butter Cupcakes
Afternoon Tea Hut for cakes, jams
and tea. You can also find Pure
Pie, Chapati Man, The Sea Cow,
Harbor Seafoods, The Moroccan
Barbecue, Spanish Paellaria,
Barefoot Wine, Bollywood Bar,
Farmers Market, Rodigans Reggae
Food Shack, Eat Fat Pig, Cowboys
Relish and so much more.
While the famous Isle of Wight
festival is sure to be another success,
Bestival is set to live up to its name
and could well be the festival of
the summerdont indulge too
hard though, studies start back in
September, remember?